South African Mammals: Klipspringer

The ballerina of antelopes, the klipspringer bounds up rocky slopes on the tips of its hoofs and blows loud, buzzy alarm whistles as warning signals.   My first “mammal of the month” ...

Beginning a New Book – Rock and Thorn: Six Months in South Africa

To immediately immerse readers in my South African memoir-in-progress, Rock and Thorn: Six Months in South Africa, I’ll write it as an evocative journal filled with sights, sounds, action and re...

Six Months in South Africa: Great Fish River Reserve

An early morning visit to South Africa’s Great Fish River Reserve offered breath-stealing encounters with endangered black rhinos.   As guests of wildlife enthusiasts, Adrian and Cheryl Cra...

Six Months in South Africa: Tracking Wildlife in Limpopo

A five-day adventure tracking wildlife in Limpopo granted me an incredible glimpse into the lives and movements of antelopes, leopards, scrub hares, hyenas and other wildlife, from the ground up! &nbs...